Game



June 23, 1925. 1,542,874

K. HAMPEL GAME Filed July 1. 1922 Y NVENTOR A TTOHNE YS Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED sTATEsj KARL HAMrEn or' enrolled ILnINo'Is.A

GAME.

Application filed July 1,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I,KARL HAMrnL, a sub-` l ject of the Kingof lYugoslavia,and a resident of Chicago, in the `county of Cook and State of Illinois, have linvented` a newand useful Improvement in Games, of which `the following isa full, clear, and enact description. v l r y -My invention relates to improvements in games, and'it consists inthe combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein de- An object of my invention is to provide a game of the spinner type which has novel means for Vactuating the pointer andv for stopping the pointer in the center of the Y f characters, 4instead of between the characl which fis-simpler in construction, vand in which; ,thel pointer-and dial are enclosed, thereby l affording more lprotection to these parts. .Y x

. @ther objects and; advantages willappear f. inthe .following fspecilication, ,and-the: novel :features of the invention will be particularly pointed outinthe appended claims. v .My invention is' illustrated in the: accompanying drawings,forming`part ofv'this apl`f plication,inwhich;

.. i I `igure1v isa plan view ofthe-device,

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical' section through f the, device,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the pointer,

Figure 4 is a plan view of a portion of the device, v

Figure 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a metal base lrwhich has an upwardly and inwardly extending peripheral flange 2. A celluloid cover 3 is secured to the base 1 and may have an advertisement or the like printed on the surface thereof, whereby the .device may be used as an advertising medium. rIhe base 1 has an upwardly eX- tending cylindrical projection 4 (see Figure 4), which has a plurality of radially eX- tending recesses 5 in its upper surface. The projection 4 also has an opening 6 therein through which a rivet 7 extends. A pointer 8 is rotatably disposed on the rivet 7 and has two radially extending and alined depressions 9 which are adapted to enter any two 19272.. serial No.` 572,286.

ofthe alined recesses or grooves 5.1 From` this construction it will be apparentl that whenthe pointer`8` rotates,'it will move up and down with respect to the rivet 7 as the projections-Qride over the grooves 5. It

will further-.bey apparent that the pointerV 1 will always -cometo rest withthe projec tions`9y being disposed in any two of the alined grooves 5. n

' The arrow end 10 ofthe pointer is shorter than the tail end 11, and therefore the arrow will tend to Yswing so as to cause the tail portion 11 to contact with the base 1. To overcome this difference, the tail portion 11 has a depression 12 therein which engages with the top of the base 1 and holds the pointer in, horizontal position. A dial 13, or a pieceV of paper havingy a pl'urality of Y characters thereon, is disposed on the base 1,

and is positioned so as to radially aline the charactersv with respect tothegroovesVA 5. Inthis manner, the pointer 8 will always come to rest s'o as to position thearrow end 10 in the center ofany one of the characters o'nther dial 13. This construction provides novelA means Awhereby the pointer will always come to rest in the center of one of the characters on the dial `13.

The pointer 8 is enclosed in a housing which comprises a metal ring 14 and a glass cover 15. j by the flange 2 and has a curved portion 16 which bears against the outer surfaceof the glass 15. vThe glass is held .against the curved portionl by a'second ring 17, this ring being preferably made of cardboard or the like. The rings 14 and 17 may be readily removed from the base 1 when it is desired to adjust the device or to change the dial 13. In Figure 5 I have shown a dial 18 which is adapted to be used in the game called Put and Take. In Figure l I have shown the dial 13 as having dice characters thereon, whereby the game may be used as a dice game. It is obvious that the dials may be changed so as to have various characters thereon, whereby the game may be used` in various capacities.

The pointer 8 is not actuatedA by moving a finger thereagainst, such as is the ordinary7 pointer, but is actuated by a. ball 19 which is preferably `disposed between the forks 20 of the tail portion 11. From the foregoing The ring- 14 isl frictionally held arrow, the casing is placed on a supporting surface and is spun or rapidly rotated by grasping the casing with the hand and giving the casing a sharp twist, whereupon the hand is instantly released, thus permitting the casing to continue to spin. Then the device is again grasped and is held from further rotation, whereupon the momentum of the ball 19 will continue to rotate the arrow, the latter soon coming to rest and pointing to one of the characters on the dial. The depressions or grooves 5 not only stop the arrow so as to position the pointer in the middle of the character, but also retard the rotation of the arrow to such an extent that it will quickly come to rest after being sp'un.

' The game is therefor-e more quickly played than is possible with the ordinary spinner.

The device will function ust as eiiiciently it the ball 19 is disposed without the torks 20 as it will when the ball is disposed within the forks. It will further be noted that the ball 19 engages with the tail Vportion 11 and therefore applies the moment of force to the arrow adjacent to the point of friction of the projection 12 with the dial 13. In this manner, the pointer or arrow is not greatly retarded by the friction of the projection 12 engaging with the dial 13.

The pointer may also be actuated by holding the casing in the hand and swinging the casing so as to cause the ball 19 to travel around the casing, the ball in turn carrying the pointer therewith. With a spinning device of this construction, the game may be quickly played, since the pointerwill come to rest very quickly after it has been set in motion.

The device also provides a simple means for actuating the pointer even though thei latter is enclosed.

I claim :V

1. A device or' the type described comprising a base, a pointer rotatably mounted on said base, a casing enclosing said pointer and said base, said pointer having one end thereof extending to the casing` wall, and a ball for moving said pointer, said ball being disposed in said casing and being adapted to strike said pointer to move the latter.

Q. A device ot the type described comprising a base having centrally disposed and radially extending recesses therein, a pointer rotatably carried by said base and having projections removably received in said r-ecesses, a casing enclosing said pointer and said base, and a ball disposed within said casing and being adapted to abut said pointer.

3. A device of the type described comprising a dial having centrally disposed and radially extending recesses therein, characters on said dial and being radially alined with said recesses` a pointer rotatably car.- ried by said dial and having projections removablyreceived in said recesses, a casing enclosing said pointer and said dial, and a ball disposed within said casing and bei-ng adapted to ab'ut said pointer.

4. A device of the type described comprising a dial having radially extending characters thereon, a pointer rotatably carried by said dial, a casing enclosing said pointer and said dial, a ball disposed within said casing and being adapted to abut said kpointer to actuate the latter, and means for bringing the pointer to rest in the center ot the characters on the dial.

5. A game comprising a dial having numbers thereon, a casing enclosing said dial, a pointer pivotally mounted on said dial and having projections, a ball adapted to'rotate said pointer in eitherA direction, said dial having recesses adapted to receive said pro.- jections to cause said pointer to come to rest, no matter in which direction said pointer is rotating,

KARL HAMPEL. 

